As my debut novel, Bell Time, is released next week, I've been thinking a lot about how my faith intersects with my writing. I'm not (at the moment) writing anything that would be labelled as Christian fiction, but being a Christian definitely impacts what I write and how I write it. I posted on TiktokContinue reading "Writing Romance as a Christian"
Bell Time- now available to pre-order!
I'm so excited to announce that Bell Time is available for pre-orders on Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Kobo and will be released on 6th June. I first started writing it back in 2020, so I am really happy to share this story and the characters (which feel like my friends!) to the world. BellContinue reading "Bell Time- now available to pre-order!"
Releasing audio chapters on Youtube
I saw a post on the Facebook Writing Gals community from Victoria Lieske, who has self published many sweet romances, about how she has been using Youtube to build her readership. She already had a readership for her novels, but she found that when she posted the full audio book on Youtube, her readership grewContinue reading "Releasing audio chapters on Youtube"
My La La Land Lightbulb Moment
Every writer needs an origin story. It just so happens that mine includes La La Land.
Solving the Rubik’s Cube
I've been thinking about the way that the process of writing often feels to me like trying to solve a Rubik's cube. Side note: my daughter is a bit obsessed with them. She has the normal one and then five other varieties, including the stainless steel one which has cubes of different sizes. Maddening! IContinue reading "Solving the Rubik’s Cube"
Write Mentor
I can't believe it was nearly a year ago I was applying for the Write Mentor summer programme. With lockdown and everything else, it was a pretty crazy time, so where I totally meant to write all about it... Life got in the way. Time to put that right! If you're an unagented writer, thenContinue reading "Write Mentor"
Comps – the Highs and the Lows
If you're preparing a query, you've probably read a thousand times that you need comps: other books to compare your own with and set it alongside. And there's varying conflicting advice on this too. Many people say it's best to go with titles published in the last two years, to ensure you're current and yourContinue reading "Comps – the Highs and the Lows"
Why reading helps me write
How can reading help you write?
First Draft tools
I'm chuffed that I recently finished my first draft of 'Bell Time', a contemporary rom-com set in a school. My main goal was to make sure it was much more tightly structured than my first novel, 'The Day of the Dice', where my first draft was 120k words. Waaaaaay too long! So I succeeded inContinue reading "First Draft tools"
#PitMad
On Thursday I took part in #PitMad, my second foray into Twitter pitching! Unlike #KissPitch, #PitMad is a broader pitching event, open to a wide range of genres. Quite a few of my Twitter friends were participating, and it was great to share our pitches, comment on them to help them gain traction, and retweetContinue reading "#PitMad"
Sophie Toovey 